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Re: [LUG] adding jar file to Ubuntu menu

 

On Sat, 2009-02-14 at 14:05 +0000, Simon Robert wrote:
> Hi 
> I've installed a java app called storYbook. It starts from the command
> line in its installation directory from a script file called
> storybook.sh. This contains java -Xmx192m -jar lib/storybook.jar which
> also works.
> 
> I'm trying to put it into the ubuntu menu. I've tried
> /home/simon/storybook/storybook.sh
> the same with a "." the front and 
> java -Xmx192m -jar /home/simon/storybook/lib/storybook.jar and
> variations on them.
> 
> Running the last command from anywhere apart from its directory gets a
> missing file report from java.
> 
> What should I be doing?
> 
> Thanks
>    Simon
> 
> 
> 

Try adding it to the menu as :
/bin/sh "/home/simon/storybook/storybook.sh"

As I have an entry from Moneydance that is also a java app that is run
from a script like yours, and the above is how its entry is made in the
gnome menu.

John
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